Precautions

Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.

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What a great deal already adopted 6 lambs on 3 ewes it has more than paid for its self! I had a few made out of wood but they would rub the ewe raw on her neck. This was good to the ewe and the lambs!!!

Orphan Headgate

★★★★★

March 31, 2017

Erica M
from New York

We had a few first time ewes that were reluctant nursers. This provided a way for the lamb to bond with the mom and also get the colostrum needed.

Orphan Headgate

★★★★★

March 19, 2016

Yvonne/Elizabet B
from CA

Extremely disappointed in workmanship. No instructions came with product and the holes drilled in top and bottom were not completed properly so the pin on both top and bottom only fits in 1 space rendering it useless. Usually I love premier but today I am disappointed.

Orphan Headgate

★★★★★

June 10, 2015

Jean-Francois S
from maryland

It worked very well and is easy to use. I had to push the ewe in a bit, but once in it, it ewe did not mind at all.

Orphan Headgate

★★★★★

March 28, 2015

Sandra P
from Virginia

It saved a lamb for me, and I bought a second one to graft orphan twins onto mothers of singles, which worked.
Two drawbacks: My ewes are in wool at lambing, so they have very little wiggle room in the headgate and it is difficult for them to reach their water buckets (I have to use short 2 & 3 gallon buckets for water so they can reach into them). Also, the headgates require 4 nuts and bolts to attach the stabilizer bar to the sides. The first headgate I ordered came with only 2 nuts and bolts, which was inconvenient, but at least the bar could still be used. The second headgate I ordered came with only one nut and bolt, rendering the stabilizer bar unusable until I had made 2 trips to buy them; since no info on the size and length of needed bolts is included with the headgate, or anywhere in the catalog, I bought bolts that were too big and had to be exchanged. The first night my ewe was restrained in it, without the stabilizer bar, the headgate shifted when she turned so that she couldn't reach her bucket and had no access to water.

About Conductivity

Conductivity measures the amount of electrical current a material can carry. The opposite measure is known as resistance.

Many of Premier’s nets feature a green and white superconductor that has both stainless steel and tinned copper filaments for optimal conductivity. These “premium” nets are 10 times more conductive (38 ohms per 1000') than our “basic” nets. This enables the electric pulse to travel much farther and be less affected by weed contact.

We do not recommended the basic nets listed below for fences exceeding 500 ft in length:

Customers who are unhappy with netting are often those who’ve chosen one of these or their farmstore equivalents. Why do we offer them? Because they are similar in design and conductivity (380 ohms) to nets from our competitors—and comparisons make decisions easier.

Types of Line Posts

Line posts are built into the net. Three options are available.*

Single Spike (SS)The best choice, unless your soils are always soft or very hard.

Double Spike (DS)Posts allow you to push in the spikes with your foot. When soil is hard or rocky, double spikes are more difficult to install and remove.

Drivable Posts (DP)Allows use of a mallet or dead blow hammer for installing posts in dry, hard or rocky soil. Features a “spike stop” for extra support and internal fiberglass ribs for added strength.

Tip: To insert a line post into frozen or hard soil, use a power tool to drill pilot holes.

* Not all fences have all line post options.

About Positive/Negative (Pos/Neg) Nets

Is your area dry?

Conventional electrified fence systems rely on soil moisture to be effective. However, not all areas have the required moisture.

To overcome this, Pos/Neg nets* are wired to allow the use of every other horizontal strand as an extension of the ground terminal. Because half the strands are connected to the ground terminal or ground rod, reliance on soil moisture is reduced. A PowerLink must be purchased separately to make the secondary ground connection.

How it works…

In order to receive a shock, the animal must touch both a positive (hot) and negative (grounded) strand at the same time. This will deliver more pain to the animal than an all hot net (Pos/Pos) because moisture in the soil is not required to complete the circuit.

Pos/Neg fences can be converted to Pos/Pos in moist conditions. Remember, all fences must be kept free of vegetation.

* Not all fences have Pos/Neg options.

Line Post Spacing

“Plus” nets—6'8" spacings between built-in line posts

Standard nets—10' or 12' spacings between built-in line posts

Essential Energizer Advice

Buy a larger energizer than necessary. When the fence pleases, most folks will buy more fence—and need additional output.